Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-13
FINEST REGATTA OF rHE YEAR.
Auantic Leads the Fleet All the Way
Around-The TItania Beats the Bed.
ouin and the shamrock.

NEW YORK, June IL.
The plueky Corinthians of the Seawanhaka
Yacht Club sailed their boats IN the finest
regatta of the year today.
The Luckenbach with the committee
Messrs. Louis P. Bayard, L. F. D'Orenieux,
4. ". DE Luye, Jules A. Mortant and NJ
MOTIFS Howland aboard, ran down to a point
near ouoy No. Is, of Owls Head and an
chored.
There were 20 racers in the crowd. and
these were divided up as follows: First. clas,
schooner, Maggie; second. class schooners.
Clio and Ibis; first class sloops and cutters
Priscilla, Atlantic and Galatea; Second.
class, Oracle, Stranger, Bedouin, Shamrock
ana Fanny; third-class, Cinderella; fourth
class Mona Rival and Santa Pogue; Htfh
ciass' lseult, Culprit, Fay, Marietta and
beatrice Ii was precisely ii o'clock when
.he long oiast to prepare was footed from the
Luckenoach. Five more whistles, at inter-
vals or hve minutes were blown, the first to
start the schooners and first classers, and
the second for all others. As has been the
case every day this week, the Atlantic, under
the splendid handling of ex-Commodore Fish
and the Grsyling's crew, got over the line
nrst She was followed by the Galatea,
Priscilla, Ibis, Clio, Magic, Stranger, Titan
IA, Gracie, Shamrock, Fanny, Santapogue,
Moriata, Bedouin, Mona. Rivil, Beatrice,
iseult, and Caipurt Fay. The northeast
ofeeZe came over the port quarter, and the
oooms were sent out the fleet ran for buoy
10, the first turning point in the race. On
they flew, and the only thing to be watched
was the order of passing No 10. The Allan
tic remained right ahead, but the Priscilla
gained on ner The Priscilla also gained on
the Galatea and the Titania did not let the
Siamrlck har
rounded the buoy after the Atlantic had
gained lm 3Os on the Gllatea, the Priscilla
Is. on the Atlantic and lm. 42s. on the Gala
tea, and the Tltana So. on the Shamrock
The Priscilla passed the Galatea on the way
down, and the Shamrock, which started fourth
In her class, rounded second.
Ihen came the stretch along the Sandy
Hook beach, during which the Galatea, with
not 50 much head TO windxard. The first
class boats made long reach to the eastward.
The Priscilla stood too far over. If she had
gone about earlier, instead of trusting to Il
lree sheet with which to reach the Sandy
Hook lightshIp, she might have got to the
ship first, for the Atlantic made an error in
going about on the port tack too quickly, and
she was compelled to make another short
tack to fetch the outer mark. When the
Gaiatea made her tack for the lightship she
passed under the stern OF the Prlscllla who
was still standing TO the eastward. On this
tack the Galatea at first did fleet work, bat
presently her sails began to shake and she
seemed TO be hove to. Her topsail aud the
leach of her mainsail huttered in the now
really stiff wind and knocking sea, until
somebody of the Luckenbach offered to bet
l3 to | that Besver-Webb had taken her
helm. Anyhow she got to the lightship l9s.
ahead of the Priscilla.
The Atlantic led the way from the start to
the finish By the measurement of the club
the Priscilla allowed the Atlantic 33 seconds
and the Galatea SO seconds. The Titania
allowed the Shamrock 90 seconds. The rest
of the yachts were given time allowances ac-
cordlng to their measurements, ranging from
| minute aad 32 seconds to minutes. The
IItanla won in the second-class sioops class
finishing 9m. ahead of the Bedouin and near
ly ION ahead of the Shamrock.